演讲视频:英国首相谈下一代的政府_演讲

演讲视频:英国首相谈下一代的政府

So, how could this happen? Well, I think there are three chief ways that it should make and enormous difference, in transparency, in greater choice, and in accountability, in giving us that genuine people power. If we take transparency, here is one of my favorite websites, the Surrey Accountability Portal. In the old days, only the government could hold the information, and only a few elected people could try and grab that information and question it and challenge it. Now here, on one website, one state in America, every single dollar spent by that government is searchable, is analyzable, is checkable.

Think of the huge change that means. Any business that wants to bid for a government contract can see what currently is being spent. Anyone thinking, I could do that service better, I could deliver it cheaper, it's all available there. We have only, in government and in politics, started to scratch the surface of what people are doing in the commercial world with the information revolution. So, complete transparency will make a huge difference. In this country, if we win the election, we are going to make all government spending over 25,000 pounds transparent and available online, searchable for anyone to see. We're going to make every contract, we're announcing this today, available on the internet, so anyone can see what the terms are, what the conditions are, deriving huge value for money, but also huge increases, I believe, in well-being as well.